1) Right
2) Not normal.
So you mean you can transfer your ogg files via Windows Explorer but on the S3 you don't see them or you can't listen to them, the player skips them?
If you don't see them on the player, have you tried to update the library?
What is the 1.50 firmware you are talking about? It's for S5, not for S3

Well, the 1.50 firmware is ONLY for S5.
The latest firmware for S3 is 1.12, the one you have.
The S3 should support 320kbps files without any problem.
Try the reset button (something that worked on my P2 when "unsupported file type")
If it doesn't work, I don't know actually...
Why does it work with EmoDio and not with the Windows Explorer?!

I had ripped my CD's (to FLAC) and tagged from the web. I also added Album Art. One of the settings checked was "Apply Album Art to tags". So the album art was now already embedded in my FLAC source files. So, this was causing the problem with the ogg files.

I just ripped another CD (U2 Joshua Tree) and didn't add Album Art. I then used the following processes:

1) Used the Auto Sync to S3 from Media Monkey to sync from FLAC file to the device as ogg @ 320

Result= File converted as 320 ogg and plays back on the S3 great!

2) Copied another track from FLAC to ogg and stored on my hard drive. I used the Windows explorer method to copy from hard drive to S3.

Result= File converted as 320 ogg and plays back on the S3 great!

So my next step is either:

1) Figure out how to convert with the files to ogg without the embedded album art

or

2) Just use MP3 @320 instead.

Thanks for your help.

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